Is Keeping your Relationship Private Acceptable?

Is keeping my relationship private okay? Will people judge me? It's just me and my partner's personal choice to not tell everyone that we are together.

These are just a few conversations and thoughts which people in relationship may have with their partners.

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"Maybe they don’t want too much attention towards it, or that the two people want to keep the info to themselves. This doesn’t mean that they’re scared or embarrassed about being together. It’s just that’s how they’d like it. And that is PERFECTLY FINE."

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Never thought I’d write about this but it’s a thing. Some people don’t know how to respect other people’s privacy. It’s a fact. If one doesn’t tell someone something, all of a sudden they become bad. No, there might be a reason why they haven’t told you or anyone. Or it could even just be as simple as a personal choice.

Getting straight to the point, if someone wants to keep their relationship private, then let them. Sometimes they aren’t ready/confident to reveal it to the world. Sometimes they’re unsure of the status. And sometimes it’s just personal preference. You have no right to yell/be seriously mad (joking around that your friend didn’t tell you is fine, as long as you’re JUST playing and not being seriously mad) at your friend, family member, or anyone for them not telling you about their relationship with someone. Relationships are a thing that works both ways. If both people have not told anyone or many people about each other, then there might be a reason behind it. Maybe they don’t want too much attention towards it, or that the two people want to keep the info to themselves. This doesn’t mean that they’re scared or embarrassed about being together. It’s just that’s how they’d like it. And that is PERFECTLY FINE.

The day your friend comes to you and tells you they’ve been in a relationship for a months/years, instead of being mad over the fact that they didn’t tell you because you’re their best friend, ask if everything is okay and if they want to talk about something which is currently happening or happened in the past. If you want to be extra helpful to your friend, just tell them that you’re happy for them and go on from there.

If you and the friend are comfortable with each other, you can ask them once, how come they didn’t reveal it to many people. If she/he doesn’t want to reveal the reason, it is okay. Don’t force them to do so, the more you force them, the more they’ll hesitate to telling you stuff, they’ll feel as if you’ll judge them. Comfort them by telling them that it was a perfectly okay choice. By doing this, it calms and relieves them.

Respect everyone